Claritev Can't Use 'Unclean Hands' Defense In Antitrust MDL

By Gianna Ferrarin

Healthcare data firm Claritev and a group of major insurers can't assert an unclean hands defense in multidistrict litigation accusing payors of scheming to fix reimbursement rates through the data firm's pricing tools, an Illinois federal judge ruled Wednesday.

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SEC Says Sales Agents Aided Fla. $56M Real Estate Fraud

By David Minsky

The U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission filed settled actions against sales agents connected to a real estate fraud scheme in Florida, alleging in court filings that they worked as unregistered dealer-brokers to raise $56 million from investors through the sales of promissory notes.

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Ill. Judge Ends Another THC Potency Suit Over Vape Labels

By Jonathan Capriel

The makers of Breeze Canna and Cheetah vape pens have beaten claims they intentionally mislabeled their products to sidestep Illinois THC potency limits, with a Chicago federal judge putting a permanent end to the proposed class action after it failed to identify any actual misrepresentations.

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Judge Blocks Voting Order Requiring Proof Of Citizenship

By Julie Manganis

A Massachusetts federal judge on Wednesday permanently barred the Trump administration from enforcing what she called an unconstitutional and illegal requirement for proof of citizenship to vote, marking the latest successful challenge to the measure from several states.

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How 3 Courts Are Approaching AI Adoption

By Emily Sawicki

The rules surrounding artificial intelligence experimentation in courts run the gamut from court systems offering proprietary tools and training to unwritten policies that essentially amount to don't ask, don't tell.

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Dem Lawmakers Probe SEC On Brokerage AI Agents

By Sarah Jarvis

Democratic members of the House Financial Services Committee have urged U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission Chairman Paul Atkins to detail the agency's perspective on brokerage and investment advice provided through agentic artificial intelligence, saying agentic trading by retail brokerage platforms "raises serious questions for investor protection, broker-dealer responsibilities, market integrity, and the accountability of AI developers."

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Kalshi Sues Ill. Officials Over Sports Event Contracts Law

By Celeste Bott

Kalshi sued Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker and other top state officials in Illinois federal court Tuesday to block the enforcement of a new law that requires prediction-market exchanges offering sports event contracts to obtain an Illinois gambling license and comply with state gambling regulations, saying federal law preempts those requirements.

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Hospital Exec In Serbia Can't Join Fraud Dismissal, Feds Say

By Lauraann Wood

An Illinois federal judge who decried the "turmoil" flowing from recent grand jury misconduct revelations while dismissing charges in a nine-figure COVID-19 testing fraud case should not consider extending that order to a former Chicago hospital executive while he fights extradition from Serbia, prosecutors argued Wednesday.

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Fla. Judge Pauses Antitrust Suit Against Brokerages

By Isaac Monterose

A Florida federal judge has paused a proposed broker fees antitrust class action that was filed against Douglas Elliman Inc. and HomeServices of America Inc. due to the pending final settlement approval for a separate but similar case.

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Steps For Employers After 7th Circ. BIPA Retroactivity Ruling

The Seventh Circuit's recent ruling in Clay v. Union Pacific sharply limits per-scan statutory damages theories in pending Biometric Information Privacy Act cases by retroactively applying a 2024 amendment, but employers should not mistake the holding for a broad safe harbor, say attorneys at Thompson Coburn.

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Why Highly Specialized Experts May Risk Exclusion At Trial

Expert witnesses with highly specific areas of focus may be vulnerable to exclusion in court, making it important for attorneys to check how potential witnesses' qualifications can be bolstered by their publications and other professional activities, say Evan Weisberg and Christopher Cunio at Hunton, and Kevin Cahill at FTI Consulting.

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With Data And AI, Whistleblowers Set Off An FCA Tidal Wave

By Phillip Bantz

Whistleblowers are increasingly using artificial intelligence to comb through public data in search of potential False Claims Act cases, unleashing a flood of new complaints that are shaking up white collar defense and government enforcement efforts while subjecting more companies to potentially false allegations, experts say.

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Conn. Justices Threaten Sanctions For AI Errors

By Andrea Keckley

The Connecticut Supreme Court has threatened to sanction GLG Law LLC and one of its attorneys for submitting documents in two cases "that misrepresented the law through the use of generative artificial intelligence," according to a Tuesday order that summoned them to appear in court next month.

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Atty DQ Over Inadvertent Doc Disclosure Overturned

By Y. Peter Kang

A California state appeals court has upended the disqualification of defense counsel in a sexual battery suit, saying documents undermining the case that were accidentally produced via a Dropbox link were not privileged.

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DOJ Nominee Questioned About Deleted Social Media Posts

By Courtney Bublé

A nominee for a top U.S. Department of Justice position, who is a real estate attorney turned tech entrepreneur, came under fire on Wednesday for past social media posts that he's now deleted.

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Booker, Cassidy Press DOJ On Trump Immunity Deal

By Courtney Bublé

Sens. Bill Cassidy, R-La., and Cory Booker, D-N.J., wrote to acting Attorney General Todd Blanche on Wednesday expressing "serious concerns" about the alleged immunity for President Donald Trump, his family and businesses in the controversial settlement he reached with the IRS.

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